New P M Will Be Appointed At Balmoral

[FatticusInch]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62728328

Very sporting of Her Majesty to give the Scots a chance to welcome Mrs Flip-Flop with a baptism of fire.

[naomi24]

Doubt 'the Scots' will see her. She'll probably be flown in - and straight out again.

[davebro]

Load of tosh - a nonagenarian with no qualification other than being born to her parents should have zero influence on the governing of our country.

[THECORBYLOON]

The Queen is hardly going to refuse to appoint the likely winner, Liz Truss, as Pm, is she?

[davebro]

She should assert her authority and say - NO BORIS I DON'T ACCEPT YOUR RESIGNATION. Ms Truss - go eat worms!

Then she might get a little respect (from me).

[FatticusInch]

davebro
//She should assert her authority and say - NO BORIS I DON'T ACCEPT YOUR RESIGNATION. Ms Truss - go eat worms!

Then she might get a little respect (from me).//

I’m sure she’ll rest easy with or without it.
As for the Boris bit you need to give up on that particular wet dream, me old china.

[davebro]

Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.

[mushroom25]

// She should assert her authority and say..... //

she has very little latitude here - the Prime Minister is invited by the head of state to be the head of the Government, and holds that position by virtue of his or her ability to command the confidence of the House of Commons. Johnson cannot be PM as he doesn't command that confidence.

[davebro]

chuck them both in the oubliette!

[anneasquith]

She has no authority. ( the queen )

[ladybirder]

She doesn't decide who is going to be our PM davebro.

[davebro]

really? I didn't know that. LOL

[davebro]

If I have the authority to "appoint" someone (or not) I think I can decide who gets the job - yes? Otherwise I'm living a lie.

[choux]

OH likened this news to the Queen not going to Specsavers but having them to call on her in her Balmoral address ;)

The power of advertising!

[Hopkirk]

Not news.

[New Judge]

//If I have the authority to "appoint" someone (or not) I think I can decide who gets the job - yes?//

No. It's explained above who the Queen appoints as PM and why. If it's still unclear, have a read of this (especially from "How does the Queen know who to appoint?" onwards):

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/appointment-prime-ministers

[tomus42]

The monarchy has no power Davebro. If the Queen actually tried to use any of her supposed authority to interfere in the workings of govt - refusing to accept BJs resignation, or inviting Truss to form a govt for example - it would just be overruled and you wouldn't even get to hear about it.

I know you know this, but some people don't seem to.

[davebro]

But didn't the Australian Governor - acting for the crown - interfere heavily in their politics?

//On 11 November 1975, Governor-General Sir John Kerr terminated Gough Whitlam's appointment as Prime Minister of Australia. At 1.00pm on 11 November 1975, Governor-General Sir John Kerr handed a letter to Gough Whitlam terminating his appointment as Prime Minister of Australia.//

[davebro]

when it comes to the push I think the monarchy has more actual power than many of us would like to believe

[davebro]

And when Brian takes over I have no doubt he will want to stick his oar in a lot more than Brenda "seems" to.

[DTCwordfan]

There are some ignormauses on here who just don't understand the relationship of monarch and parliament and how it has evolved over the ages.

Let's really upset them by stating that the monarch is the owner of all land in the UK......it's where the expression 'freehold' comes from - a free hold on the defined land from the monarch. Makes CPOs much easier in law too.